Chapter 117 Hope First, Despair Then
Others might not understand Qing Yue, but Chen Qing, who had been her husband and shared a bed with her, saw through her at a glance: Qing Yue intended to give the Dao Tian Sect people hope first, then completely extinguish it!
This was to let everyone know whether her Great Emperor cultivation was real or fake.
As expected, Li Mo, who was completely unaware of the tragedies that had befallen other Sects, had already set up a Formation and was seated at its center.
Tens of thousands of Disciples and Sect Elders stood outside the Formation, supplying him with spiritual power, and began his journey to become a Great Emperor!
"To ascend to the Great Emperor realm with the power of ten thousand people, that's quite a good method."
"More than that, that Formation clearly took a lot of research; it's incredibly profound."
"Li Mo was the number one Prodigy in the Upper Realm a thousand years ago, perhaps he truly will become the new Great Emperor."
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They tried their best not to discuss topics related to Qing Yue.
Once Li Mo successfully ascended to the Great Emperor realm, it was obvious he would target Qing Yue first.
A Sect Master being killed, as a Great Emperor, how could he tolerate it?
Most importantly, it would eliminate a potential opponent who could threaten his own status.
Seeing Qing Yue sitting motionless in the Alliance Master's seat, not acting as she had before, forcefully killing people, they became even more convinced that Li Mo was very likely to succeed in his ascension and become a Great Emperor!
"Husband, what kind of expressions do you think they'll have on their faces later?" Qing Yue looked at Chen Qing and asked in a voice only the two of them could hear.
"I'm not sure, but it will definitely be interesting," Chen Qing replied.
"Yes, it will be quite interesting!" Qing Yue was already looking forward to it.
Time flew by quickly.
The sky gradually darkened.
With Qing Yue not speaking, the Sect Masters of the various Sects also dared not utter a word, sitting obediently in their original spots.
Before Li Mo successfully ascended to the Great Emperor realm, there was no doubt that Qing Yue was still the strongest.
However, what they couldn't understand or comprehend was why Qing Yue had not taken any action when there was clearly enough time for her to rush to Dao Tian Sect and prevent Li Mo from becoming a Great Emperor.
Did she see that fate was sealed and simply gave up?
"It looks like he's about to succeed," Chen Qing suddenly said.
Qing Yue looked up, her eye color subtly shifting as her divine eyes activated.
She could indeed see countless Heavenly Dao Luck, like a myriad of stars, surging towards the Dao Tian Sect.
Before long, the scene in the Sky-Gazing Mirror changed abruptly; what was once night suddenly became as bright as day, and a Heavenly Phenomenon appeared: purple Qi coming from the east!
"A Heavenly Phenomenon! This means he's about to successfully ascend to the Great Emperor realm!" Someone exclaimed excitedly.
Before others could agree, the next moment, the Great Emperor divine ring that appeared behind Li Mo had already explained everything.
The new Heavenly Profound Great Emperor had been born!
To help Li Mo ascend to the Great Emperor realm, the Disciples and Elders of Dao Tian Sect had truly sacrificed a lot; the spiritual power stored in their Qi Sea had been completely depleted.
Without the aid of Medicinal Pills, it would take at least two or three days of rest to fully recover.
Fortunately, their efforts were not in vain; from now on, Dao Tian Sect had a Great Emperor!
After a brief moment of recovery, they quickly adjusted their postures, knelt down, and submitted, saying, "Greetings, Great Emperor!"
Tens of thousands of people congratulated and bowed in unison, their voices so grand they almost overturned the heavens.
Li Mo grinned, then began to laugh, growing more and more unrestrained, more and more arrogant.
"Those old fellows have been scheming against each other for so long, but this position of Great Emperor has finally been obtained by this humble one—no, by this Emperor!"
Just as he was feeling smug, a teleportation gate suddenly appeared above Li Mo's head.
Before Li Mo could react, the teleportation gate had descended from head to toe, teleporting him away.
The smiles of the Dao Tian Sect Disciples froze, then gradually vanished.
They really wanted to ask, 'Where did my Great Emperor go?'
The people of the Hundred Sect Alliance were equally puzzled; where did that teleportation gate come from, and how could it forcibly take away a Great Emperor without anyone knowing?
Immediately, their confusion was resolved, because a teleportation gate also appeared within the Hundred Sect Alliance hall, and someone was thrown out of it.
His appearance didn't require a second glance or careful confirmation; he was instantly recognizable as Li Mo, who had just successfully ascended to the Great Emperor realm!
Everyone suddenly understood; it turned out that Qing Yue had used a teleportation gate to bring Li Mo to Wan Jian City.
However, a greater question then arose in everyone's mind.
Li Mo was a true Great Emperor, so they couldn't understand why Qing Yue would bring him to a place like this; wasn't that just seeking death?
Li Mo looked around and quickly realized that this place was indeed the Hundred Sect Alliance, Wan Jian City.
Then, his eyes quickly locked onto Qing Yue, not because he saw that she was the strongest person present, but because she was sitting in the Alliance Master's position, which should have belonged to the Dao Tian Sect.
"Since you have seen the Great Emperor, why do you not bow? Could it be that you intend to defy this Emperor!" Li Mo floated in the air, looking down from above, and as he spoke, the Great Emperor divine ring behind him appeared, radiating dazzling light that could rival the silver moon in the sky.
The Sect Masters of the hundred Sects, who had signed the Heavenly Dao contract, looked at each other, caught in the middle, in a dilemma.
To bow to this Great Emperor was not right, and not to bow was also not right.
But then they heard Qing Yue say something astonishing: "Have you finished your last words?"
'Last words?!'
Li Mo's mouth twitched slightly, and veins popped up on his forehead as he desperately tried to conceal his inner rage.
As a Great Emperor, how could he easily show his emotions on his face?
But this did not hinder the intensity of his murderous intent towards Qing Yue.
And Chen Qing, upon hearing this sentence, clearly remembered that he had asked others the same question before.
"Are these your last words?" Li Mo retorted.
Hearing such a reply, Qing Yue said no more; with a raised hand, a hundred-zhang ice lotus materialized and appeared above Li Mo's head.
As the ice lotus descended, even bystanders couldn't help but feel a thin layer of ice form on their bodies.
A biting chill swept across the entire venue.
Even Li Mo felt a bone-chilling cold!
This was a coldness he had never experienced before!
At the same time, goosebumps erupted all over his body, as if every inch of his flesh and blood was reminding Li Mo that he must take this seriously, otherwise, there was only one outcome: death!
He feigned composure, letting out a light chuckle, "With such a petty trick, you can't harm this Emperor!"
He reached out and pulled out a sword, unleashing a crescent-shaped Sword Qi, also tens of meters long.
He intended to use this one Sword Move to break Qing Yue's ice lotus attack.
The result was that the Sword Qi hadn't even managed to touch the ice lotus or directly contend with it before it was frozen and shattered.
'It can even freeze Sword Qi?!'
Li Mo was greatly alarmed.
His sense of danger surged!
He wanted to use other Moves, but found that his body wouldn't obey.
He tried to look down, only to suddenly realize that his neck, torso, and limbs had been completely frozen by the cold Qi, penetrating into his blood and reaching his bone marrow!
"This, this isn't right! This Emperor is a Great Emperor! This Emperor is a Great Emperor!"
As the ice lotus petals opened, now at close range, Li Mo, as a Great Emperor, could only scream frantically.
Everyone watched with their own eyes as the ice lotus swallowed him whole, then closed its petals, transforming into a cage!
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Chapter 118 Sign in...Failed!
When the lotus flower completely closed, Emperor Li Mo, who was at the center of the translucent ice lotus, still maintained a defensive posture, his face filled with terror.
The spiritual impact this scene brought to everyone was no less than the destruction of the world.
It was still the same saying: in their understanding, they purely believed that the Imperial Path was an invincible path, and becoming an Emperor meant possessing an invincible demeanor.
However, Li Mo's appearance slapped all of them hard, clearly telling them with facts that even as an Emperor, there was still a possibility of being instantly killed by one move!
"The new Emperor... died? Died?"
"I can't sense any life aura from him; he is indeed dead."
"Her power is so great that even an Emperor-level expert is no match?"
"Match? Are you sure that person is qualified to be called her match?"
"To be able to fight an Emperor to a draw is already unimaginable; to be able to unilaterally slaughter an Emperor, doesn't that mean she has already stepped into a brand new Domain that no one has ever entered before?!"
As soon as these words came out, they instantly enlightened everyone.
They suddenly understood why Xia Qingyue could display the Emperor Divine Mark Ring and why Li Mo could still successfully ascend to the Imperial Path after she had done so.
Her power could no longer be simply described by the word 'Emperor'.
If she did not permit it, even if the position was empty, there would be no more Emperors in this world!
It was hard not to believe that Xia Qingyue had transformed from mortal to Immortal, stepping into the Immortal Realm.
Even without the Heavenly Dao contract, these people, after understanding everything, would never dare to harbor any thoughts of betrayal or disobedience.
Subsequently, Chen Qing waved his hand, opening a teleportation gate and sending the ice lotus, along with Li Mo's corpse, back to where they came from.
The Elders and Disciples, who were sitting cross-legged in the square, still rapidly absorbing and recovering their Qi.
After witnessing the familiar teleportation gate open above their heads, they thought that Li Mo had dealt with the murderer who killed their Sect Master and had returned, about to lead the entire Dao Tian Sect onto the path of an invincible overlord.
However, they only guessed half of it correctly.
Li Mo had indeed returned, but what returned was merely a cold corpse.
Walking the path of an invincible overlord? The moment the Dao Tian Sect decided to remain stubborn and continue to be enemies with Chen Qing and Xia Qingyue, the word 'future' was severed.
The ice lotus fell to the ground, and the fierce cold Qi instantly froze the entire Dao Tian Sect, along with all life within it.
From now on, the name Dao Tian Sect was completely removed from the Heaven Profound Continent, ceasing to exist.
This scene was also clearly seen by all members of the Hundred Sect Alliance through the Heaven-Peering Mirror.
By the time the Heaven-Peering Mirror disappeared and everyone reacted, Chen Qing and Xia Qingyue had also vanished.
Although they were no longer there, the fear and shock they brought did not diminish in the slightest; instead, they continued to rise!
"Immortal, there is probably no one in this world more qualified to be called an Immortal than her!"
"The strongest Sect in the Hundred Sect Alliance is nothing more than a weakling that she can easily erase with a single thought."
"Fortunately, we did not become her enemies before; otherwise, at this moment, we would probably have turned into ice sculptures."
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Exclamations continued; these prominent figures in the Upper Realm all had a look of lingering fear on their faces.
At the same time, the news of a new Emperor's birth and the new Emperor's death was bound to spread.
Through word-of-mouth and the promotion of intelligence organizations like Jianghu News and Heavenly Secret Pavilion, it became known to more and more people.
Many Sect Masters from Sects outside the Hundred Sect Alliance, upon learning of this matter, immediately climbed out of bed and sent people to call for the Elders, holding an emergency Sect meeting.
They discussed how to deal with Xia Qingyue, such a terrifying existence who could easily kill an Emperor-level expert.
Since they couldn't defeat her, joining the Hundred Sect Alliance and swearing allegiance to Xia Qingyue became the best option.
Various Sects successively chose to withdraw from their original Alliances, and their Sect Masters personally set off overnight for the Hundred Sect Alliance to submit their application for joining!
In their view, joining the Hundred Sect Alliance was equivalent to obtaining a chance to survive.
Even an Emperor was no match, let alone themselves as Quasi-Emperors? Even sacrificing the entire Sect would merely mean a few more deaths...
In the face of absolute power, most people could maintain rational thought.
The principle of 'the strong are respected' was known to all.
Xia Qingyue's Imperial Path was expanding wider and wider...
At the same time.
Da Mang Mountain.
After a full day of unremitting effort, Ye Feng finally raised his Cultivation to the Third Realm Quasi-Emperor.
This was undoubtedly good news worth celebrating for him.
He opened his eyes, stabilized his Qi, and looked at the daily sign-in option that updated on time.
Ye Feng was full of confidence in his luck at this moment.
"Do you want to perform a daily sign-in?"
Yes!
He clicked without hesitation.
"Performing daily sign-in..."
"Daily sign-in... signing in..."
"Hmm?" The smile on Ye Feng's face disappeared; this System seemed a bit off.
"Daily sign-in successful!"
Upon seeing these six words, before Ye Feng could let out a sigh of relief, thinking it was just a temporary error, he saw the System screen begin to flicker, stretch, and display static.
After it finally recovered, the line of text that appeared on the panel made him feel particularly heavy and vexed.
"Daily sign-in successful! Reward distribution failed!"
It took Ye Feng a while to react, questioning, "What the hell is 'reward distribution failed'? It clearly says sign-in successful, so why did the reward distribution fail?"
He didn't understand; he truly didn't understand.
He thought it should just be a temporary System error or bug, and maybe if he gave it some time, it would fix itself.
With this thought, Ye Feng continued to enter his Cultivation state.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Ye Feng opened his eyes and summoned the System panel, but the content displayed on it remained unchanged: "Daily sign-in successful! Reward distribution failed!"
Other than that, Ye Feng could not perform any other operations; the System clearly had no intention of compensating him for a sign-in opportunity.
Afterward, Ye Feng repeatedly entered and exited his Cultivation state, opening the System panel.
However, the result remained unchanged.
This continued until the daily sign-in count refreshed on the second day, when something different occurred.
Happy?
Ye Feng, at least, couldn't smile.
Why couldn't he smile?
Because the System had swallowed one of his sign-in opportunities, with no compensation whatsoever, as if nothing had happened.
Cursing couldn't change any problems.
Ye Feng could only sigh, treating it as swallowing a bitter pill, forcing himself to endure it.
What else could he do? Continue signing in, of course.
He just hoped that this time, there would be no mistakes.
Click sign-in!
"Performing daily sign-in..."
"Daily sign-in successful! Congratulations, Host, you have received a Cultivation experience pack! Your current Cultivation has been promoted to: Fifth Realm Quasi-Emperor!"
Although he only advanced two minor Realms, after confirming that the System had returned to normal and had not swallowed his reward, Ye Feng let out a sigh of relief.
He still couldn't understand why the System would fail to distribute rewards for no reason.
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Chapter 119 Twins [End]
Little did he know, his Luck had long since vanished without a trace…
[Sign-in successful! Reward distribution failed!]
[Sign-in successful! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 10 Nine-Rank Pills, Jade Sun Pills!]
[Sign-in successful! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a Cultivation Experience Pack! The Host's current Cultivation has been upgraded to: Seventh-Realm Quasi-Emperor!]
[Sign-in successful! Reward distribution failed!]
[Sign-in successful! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 1 Demonic Corruption Pill!]
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In the time that followed, Ye Feng did nothing but continuously Cultivate, striving towards the goal of becoming a Great Emperor.
Apart from that, he repeatedly experienced either successful or failed reward distributions.
As the days grew longer, Ye Feng clearly noticed that the number of failed reward distributions was becoming more and more frequent.
At times, it would occur seven or eight times in a row.
Even stranger, occasionally he would sign in and receive an evil pill like the Demonic Corruption Pill, which, although it could boost one's Cultivation by a hundredfold after consumption, also came with the price of falling into the Demonic Path!
Even Ye Feng clearly understood that once one fell into the Demonic Path, at first they might gain the powerful strength to destroy heaven and earth, but over time, their own consciousness would gradually become blurred and replaced by 'demons'.
No matter how much Ye Feng wanted to become strong and leave Da Mang Mountain, he never entertained the thought of consuming the Demonic Corruption Pill.
The Demonic Corruption Pill had been kept in the System's inventory ever since he signed in and received it...
In a flash, a month passed.
After another failed sign-in, Ye Feng unexpectedly discovered that there seemed to be a problem with the barrier within his Immortal Cave.
Upon closer inspection, it was just a very small crack, and before Ye Feng could observe it for long, the crack was repaired, as if it had never appeared.
Two months passed, and cracks began to appear more and more frequently, becoming longer and wider, then being repaired.
Four months passed, and during this month, Ye Feng experienced failed sign-ins for more than half of the time.
Fortunately, his Cultivation had surprisingly and safely reached the Ninth-Realm Quasi-Emperor, just one step away from the Great Emperor he had anticipated.
'Xia Qinyue, you must wait for me!'
Gradually, Ye Feng began to adapt to failed sign-ins, no longer relying on the System, but instead depending more on his own efforts to Breakthrough his Bottleneck.
When initiating sign-ins, he was no longer as eager as in the past, approaching it very much like a chore.
If there was a reward, he'd take it; if not, he didn't care, embodying a Buddhist-like detachment.
Soon, the seventh month arrived.
Ye Feng still hadn't managed to prove his Dao on the Emperor's Path; several Breakthrough attempts had failed.
He even dropped to Eighth-Realm Quasi-Emperor, but fortunately, his Luck was good, and relying on the System's sign-in rewards, he returned to Ninth-Realm Quasi-Emperor, continuing to strive for the Great Emperor Realm.
The eighth month, the ninth month, the tenth month.
During all this time, without exception, Ye Feng spent it in failure, and continuous failure.
Fortunately, Ye Feng did not feel this was a bad thing; he felt that his mind and body had been tempered.
He believed this was a necessary step to prove his Dao on the Emperor's Path!
At the same time, in the Upper Realm.
After these ten months, Xia Qingyue had already become the first female Emperor in the history of the Sky Profound Continent, establishing the Imperial Court.
The Sky Profound Continent, both the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm, now submitted to the Imperial Court.
What also changed, besides the Sky Profound Continent, was Xia Qingyue's belly, which visibly grew larger day by day.
Finally, the day of delivery arrived.
Chen Qing set up a barrier, and Martial Emperor Xia Cheng, and Great Qian Emperor Chen Xiong, all waited outside the barrier.
The entire delivery process was smoother than imagined.
Xia Cheng and Chen Xiong, who were guarding outside the courtyard, suddenly heard the cry of a baby entering their ears.
"She gave birth!" Xia Cheng exclaimed with excitement.
Before Chen Xiong could respond, another cry came out.
He widened his eyes, somewhat disbelieving, "My in-law, it seems to be twins!"
Meanwhile, inside the house.
What Chen Xiong said was indeed correct; it was twins, a boy and a girl.
Chen Qing first gave Xia Qingyue a recovery Medicinal Pill, then, holding one in each arm, he smiled and said to her, "Thank you, my wife, for giving birth to such a beautiful pair of children for me!"
His smile was genuine; as a first-time father, he was incredibly excited.
The more he looked at these two children, the more he loved them.
"Mmm." Xia Qingyue responded with a smile, asking Chen Qing to bring the children over so she could see them.
At the same time, various heavenly phenomena appeared in the Upper Realm: sometimes ten suns would emerge, sometimes the moon would be within reach, sometimes stars would fill the sky, easily obtainable, and sometimes colorful auspicious light would envelop the world...
Regarding this, neither the Upper Realm nor the Lower Realm was surprised.
Instead, they felt that the offspring of Chen Qing and Xia Qingyue should naturally be born kings, and all sorts of heavenly phenomena and special effects were only fitting!
Indeed, this was the case; the boy and girl, born with Great Emperor Cultivation, Supreme Bones, double pupils, and a Saintly Physical Body... so many that even top-tier Secret Realms couldn't compare.
Of course, this was also thanks to the pet-spoiling rewards Chen Qing had accumulated.
Now, Chen Qing could not only rely on Xia Qingyue's influence but also completely slack off and depend on his son and daughter.
One day later, the Imperial Court held a grand ceremony to celebrate the safe delivery of mother and children, and the entire Sky Profound Continent rejoiced.
But soon, someone noticed that the Heavenly Dao's Luck seemed a bit off, flowing towards other places.
They suddenly realized that someone was about to prove their Dao on the Emperor's Path!
And this person was Ye Feng, located in Da Mang Mountain.
After months of failure and tempering, he finally achieved his wish, Breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm.
As for the daily sign-in System, now, let alone failed sign-ins, he couldn't even open it.
And the spatial cracks in the Immortal Cave's barrier had become as thick as a waist, and no longer repaired themselves.
Although he didn't know why the System disappeared or why the barrier shattered, for now, Ye Feng didn't care about any of it; he only wanted to quickly go to the outside world, find Xia Qingyue, and confirm the truth with his own eyes.
With the aid of his Great Emperor Cultivation, he quickly found traces of Xia Qingyue and headed to the Upper Realm.
Upon arriving in the Upper Realm, Ye Feng learned that Xia Qingyue had actually entered the Immortal Realm, becoming the Eternal Female Emperor of the Imperial Court!
"My Xia Qinyue, she has become so outstanding without me even realizing it!" Ye Feng was very surprised, and he looked forward to reuniting with her even more.
As for the so-called "Immortal Realm"?
Ye Feng didn't take it seriously, privately believing it was merely a respectful title given by Mortals to powerful individuals.
The reason was simple: a Great Emperor was the strongest, and he, Ye Feng, was the Great Emperor!
However, when he learned through soul-searching that the entire nation was celebrating the Female Emperor giving birth to Dragon and Phoenix twins today, Ye Feng was stunned, feeling as if his vision went black.
He couldn't convince himself otherwise; all of this was learned through soul-searching and couldn't be faked.
His figure flashed, and he decided to go to the Imperial Palace.
Then he saw a scene that tore his heart apart.
Chen Qing and Xia Qingyue were deeply in love!
In their arms, they had both a son and a daughter!
"No, how could this be? This isn't right, this isn't right..."
His body swayed precariously, on the verge of collapsing at any moment.
Ye Feng suddenly felt like a joke; for these ten months, he had desperately strived to Breakthrough his Cultivation, while Xia Qingyue had been pregnant for ten months, giving birth to Dragon and Phoenix twins for another man!!
Looking through the wall at Chen Qing's eyes from afar, they instantly turned blood red, filled with hatred.
Today, everyone must die!
He wanted to make the billions of lives on the entire Sky Profound Continent perish with him! To quell the rage in his heart.
In Ye Feng's view, as a Great Emperor, the strongest in the world, he was fully qualified to do so.
As his attention shifted slightly, Chen Qing sensed Ye Feng's presence.
He didn't associate him with the protagonist, only feeling that this guy had just ascended to Great Emperor, was overly arrogant, and thought he was capable, wanting to challenge his wife's authority as the Female Emperor.
With a single thought, Ye Feng's Three Ethereal Souls and Seven Corporeal Spirits instantly shattered, and his Physical Body then dissipated into dust, forcefully erased.
Xia Qingyue's attention was entirely on her children, and she had no mind to care about those ignorant individuals who came to challenge her.
In her heart, she was instead grateful that Chen Qing had silently and selflessly resolved another troublesome matter for her.
Now, she was devoted to her husband and children, striving to be a good wife and a good mother.
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[End]